Flag Box

This was a flag box for a friend whose dad passed away. This is actually my 2nd flag box. But I’m posting this one first. It is made of Oak with curly maple trim. One thing I paid attention to on this box was the continuing grain across the top of the box. The finish is 2 coats of Dark Walnut stain followed by 4 coats of wipe-on poly and then 2 coats of wax. Any comments?? Fire away….

Thanks

-- It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.

It is so perfect that I thought it was another Google SketchUp drawing. Nice! I’m making one for my Grandpa-in-law’s 91st B-day. We’re going to the USS Missouri for Pearl Harbor Day with him. I like the two-tone. Nice touch.

It has a glass front and the flag goes in from the back. I took some advice and edited all the background from the pictures. It was a little too much work though, just to put the pics on. Thanks for the great compliments.

-- It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.

gizmodyne, I did find a set of plans on a site but I didn’t like the way it was made so I just took the rough measurements off of that one and made the rest mine. There are several different sizes of flags so you have to be careful on measurements.

I need to make one, too. After 9-11 I wrote a congressman to request a flag be flown over the Capitol to honor the Police and Firefighters that lost their lives. It is just sitting in a box now, and I’d like to display it with its certificate.